Porsche announces return to Le Mans in 2014
05 Jul 2011|889 views
Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in the history of Le Mans, with a record 16 victories, and the Stuttgart sports car maker has announced that it will make its return to the legendary 24 hour endurance race in 2014, in the top LMP1 class.Despite being officially absent from Le Mans, Porsche has been active in endurance racing in recent years, with the RS Spyder being run by US-based Penske in American endurance races from 2006-2008, and in 2010 by several privateer trams in the LMP2 class.
“With the RS Spyder we proved that our motorsport engineers in Weissach are at the forefront,” says Wolfgang Hatz, Board Member for Research and Development at Porsche AG. “We were the first to run a high-revving race engine with direct fuel injection, setting new standards in performance and efficiency. Recently, with the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, we adopted a completely new drive technology for racing purposes and achieved a considerable reduction in consumption.”
According to Porsche’s head of Motorsport, Hartmut Kristen, the company will begin to evaluate its options for the brand-new LMP1 racer. As he points out, “these obviously depend on the details of the 2014 regulations, which are interesting because in principle the integration of our hybrid technology is one option”.
Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in the history of Le Mans, with a record 16 victories, and the Stuttgart sports car maker has announced that it will make its return to the legendary 24 hour endurance race in 2014, in the top LMP1 class.
Despite being officially absent from Le Mans, Porsche has been active in endurance racing in recent years, with the RS Spyder being run by US-based Penske in American endurance races from 2006-2008, and in 2010 by several privateer trams in the LMP2 class.
“With the RS Spyder we proved that our motorsport engineers in Weissach are at the forefront,” says Wolfgang Hatz, Board Member for Research and Development at Porsche AG. “We were the first to run a high-revving race engine with direct fuel injection, setting new standards in performance and efficiency. Recently, with the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, we adopted a completely new drive technology for racing purposes and achieved a considerable reduction in consumption.”
According to Porsche’s head of Motorsport, Hartmut Kristen, the company will begin to evaluate its options for the brand-new LMP1 racer. As he points out, “these obviously depend on the details of the 2014 regulations, which are interesting because in principle the integration of our hybrid technology is one option”.
Despite being officially absent from Le Mans, Porsche has been active in endurance racing in recent years, with the RS Spyder being run by US-based Penske in American endurance races from 2006-2008, and in 2010 by several privateer trams in the LMP2 class.
“With the RS Spyder we proved that our motorsport engineers in Weissach are at the forefront,” says Wolfgang Hatz, Board Member for Research and Development at Porsche AG. “We were the first to run a high-revving race engine with direct fuel injection, setting new standards in performance and efficiency. Recently, with the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, we adopted a completely new drive technology for racing purposes and achieved a considerable reduction in consumption.”
According to Porsche’s head of Motorsport, Hartmut Kristen, the company will begin to evaluate its options for the brand-new LMP1 racer. As he points out, “these obviously depend on the details of the 2014 regulations, which are interesting because in principle the integration of our hybrid technology is one option”.
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